Sentences with phrase «several education advocates»

But several education advocates are skeptical that change is really coming in a state that has long posted some of the worst school performance and child welfare results in the nation.

Several education advocates told council members that some schools are using «do - not - admit» lists that forbid a student from returning after a suspension unless a parent escorts the student back to school and meets with administrators.

Several education advocates and leaders, including the Houston Federation of Teachers, also raised several questions about Energized For STEM Academy's ethics.

Not exact matches

Several labor groups, including CWA and 32BJ SEIU, left the WFP ahead of its vote on Saturday to back Nixon, an actress and public education advocate, over Cuomo, a two - term incumbent running for re-election.

Nixon, an advocate for public education issues, has been exploring a potential Democratic primary challenge to the governor, receiving support from former campaign aides to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has been locked in a feud with Cuomo over the last several years.

The Alliance for Quality Education and the Campaign for Fiscal Equity met with sympathetic members of the Assembly Democratic conference, who heard the results of the advocates» statewide tour through 14 hard - pressed districts, including several in the Capital Region.

The letter's signers included the Empire State Pride Agenda, Lambda Legal, the New York City Anti-Violence Project, the LGBT Community Center and the Brooklyn Community Pride Center, the Callen - Lorde Community Health Center, Gay Men's Health Crisis, the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, Immigration Equality, the Family Equality Council, SAGE (Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders), the GRIOT Circle: a gathering of elders, and several organizations advocating on behalf of LGBT young people, including FIERCE, the Hetrick - Martin Institute, and Streetwise and Safe.

The report, Safe Havens: Protecting and Supporting New York State's Immigrant Students — released by The Education Trust — New York, Advocates for Children of New York, the New York Immigration Coalition and The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, Inc. — finds that while the New York State Education Department (SED) and the Attorney General's Office, as well as several individual school districts, have taken a number of important steps, there is much more to do.

They're spread over several government portfolios, from science and environment to education, and the positive spin the government is putting on some moves may be offset by less apparent moves likely to make science advocates unhappy.

Several members are trained by the National Breast Cancer Coalition's scientific education program, Project LEAD, or participate in the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Advocates in Science Program.

Advocates on both sides of California's ballot initiative to curtail bilingual education in public schools went before the state school board this month, several months before the voters will decide the issue.

Several researchers and education reform advocates reached similar conclusions, including Matthew Ladner, Adam Peshek, Michael McShane, Lindsey Burke, and Jonathan Butcher.

When Texas's performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress is broken out by ethnic background, its record comes close to that of Massachusetts, as Allison Sherry pointed out in her recent Ed Next article on the education policies advocated by several of the Republican candidates.

The No Child Left Behind Act imposes the wrong kind of testing on schools, educators need better systems to interpret the test data they get, and the federal government should help pay for the mandates it imposes, according to several advocates who last week addressed a private panel studying the education law and how to improve it.

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway listened, asked questions, and took notes, while several dozen advocates offered competing perspectives and prescriptions.

The NASPE also advocates the merits of recess because it provides youth with additional opportunities for physical activity beyond the physical education class, but when schools rely on several teachers to supervise great numbers of children on a playground during recess, the resulting issues can be blamed on specific physical activities like tag.

Schifter, who spent several years working on Capitol Hill advocating for students with disabilities, teaches a course on federal education policy, and requires students to role play a variety of actors, from politicians to community activists, to better understand how policy becomes law.

Fred M. Hechinger was education editor of The New York Times, an author of several books and an advocate for public education.

Haney was one of several parents, teachers, students and education advocates who spoke Wednesday at a Capitol Hill news conference opposing DeVos.

CSDC was the lead catalyst, architect and advocate for the establishment of a $ 25 million Congressional demonstration program in 2001, the forerunner to the Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities Program administered by the U.S. Department of Education, which has provided several hundred million dollars in grants nationally for credit enhancement and revolving loan programs operated by nonprofit organizations and state agencies.

LA School Report: In 2013, Zimmer went up against a candidate that was well - financed and supported by several prominent education reform advocates, like Broad and Michael Bloomberg, but still lost.

However there are several quotes from the research that has me as a father and concerned education advocate asking questions of whether this study is aligned with educators in both charter and traditional schools and reform proponents and parents working toward a better education system in our communities, cities, and ultimately nationwide.

ASCD passes the first of several resolutions recognizing the value of equity and cultural diversity as goals of education and advocating for a multicultural curriculum.

Raising Kane: The Value of Regional Educational Laboratories March 13, 2015 A strong advocate for the use of evidence to improve education, Education Northwest Chief Executive Officer Steve Fleischman provides several examples of the effectiveness of the federal Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) program in connecting stakeholders with research - based best practices and promoting the use of data for decisieducation, Education Northwest Chief Executive Officer Steve Fleischman provides several examples of the effectiveness of the federal Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) program in connecting stakeholders with research - based best practices and promoting the use of data for decisiEducation Northwest Chief Executive Officer Steve Fleischman provides several examples of the effectiveness of the federal Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) program in connecting stakeholders with research - based best practices and promoting the use of data for decisionmaking.

In 1981, Reagan publicly advocated eliminating several sections of the US Government including the Department of Education.

Mark also serves as a director on several organizations including the board of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc. (COPAA) and is a frequent speaker on issues related to the education of children with disabilities.

Several of Edwards allies in the education community — particularly the teachers unions and traditional public school advocates — still indicate they want White replaced.

I have now become an advocate for education; I finished two bachelor degrees to become a classroom teacher and then completed several postgraduate certificates to better serve specific students.

California hasn't done away with data altogether — school level test scores are publicly reported and several large districts together known as CORE have worked to create more robust data systems — but several researchers and advocates say they can't fully judge the education policies of the most populous state in the country because of a lack of accessible data.

The report provides several recommendations aimed at helping policymakers, education advocates, educators, parents, and students better understand the progress of DPS students.

Ryan Gander is an advocate for new approaches to art education and has drawn up plans for a postgraduate art academy in the Suffolk town where he lives, and for several years hosted free monthly «night schools» at his London studio.

Anyone who is familiar with my article writing over the past several years probably knows I am a huge advocate for training and education in our industry whether it be for those coming in to the lending environment fresh with no prior experience or for the most seasoned veteran such as myself who have been working in the lending environment for well over 20 years or more.